Chapter 9: The Queen Demon Spider
It had been a few weeks after my potion-selling business started. I was out in the forest exploring with Yoru, picking up any whiteberries that we found, until I stumbled upon the entrance of a cave.
'I heard from Jackson that caves are extremely dangerous during winter since a lot of monsters go into hiding... But, if this is the cave where those goblins are hiding, then...'
After that time that Jackson told me that goblins were trying to raid End Village before winter started, I had actually been hunting them down in the forest. However, I only ever found them in small groups of 3-5.
Jackson said that goblins would still send scouts outside their caves to look for food or people during the winter season, so that was the only reason I actually even saw some of them.
"Hey Yoru... Is this the goblins cave?" I asked.
He absolutely hated goblins, which made sense considering they were the ones that finished off his parents, so he had their scent memorized.
Yoru sniffed the entrance of the cave but didn't growl, so I could tell that this was not their cave. I was still curious since I hadn't seen that cave before, so we went in anyway.
The entirety of the cave was filled with spiderwebs, and after the light that came in from the entrance wasn't enough for me to see, I used light magic to create a small mote of light above my head. However, as soon as the cave lit up, I saw hundreds of spiders crawling from the ceiling into the walls.
'Man, I'm lucky I don't have a phobia for those things...'
The spiders were pretty big too. If one of them jumped on my face, they would pretty much cover it all. Fortunately, they weren't looking for a fight and just completely avoided us.
After a bit more walking inside the cave, we were stopped by a giant spider. This one was actually three times my size, and it was definitely targeting us. I stopped for a second to inspect it.